Little T attends a Tea Party

Little T loves tea parties, whether it’s pretend or real. Last Thursday she had her first ever real tea-party when her lovely grandparents celebrated their Diamond Wedding anniversary at the 18th century old Inn at Woburn.

There’s my three-year-old looking like a little lady out for a grown-ups tea-party. Never mind if her toys were also on the table, after all the invitation didn’t exactly say “No toys allowed“.

Little T waiting to be served.

And thank goodness, the little Madam was served before a full-blown whinge commenced. She especially loved the strawberry slices, which she ever-so-politely asked the other guests if she could have their share too. Good thing they were all lovely and were game enough to share.

After she finished all her little sandwiches, cakes and strawberry slices. I actually had to take her out of the room before she started acting like a little sod, err… I meant, like a three-year-old.

So we went to the next room which was thankfully empty and there we played hide-and-seek and as you can see from the photos, she wasn’t so good at it.

“You can’t see me mummy!” She said.

And when she got tired of hiding, she twirled around and around and around.

Little T then exclaimed, “I love tea-parties!”

Indeed.

As for me, I’m just so relieved that we didn’t suffer any major melt-down in front of my in-laws and their friends. They all commented on how beautiful and well-behaved she was, not knowing that there were a lot of threats and hissing on my part.

The again, as I was choosing photos for this post, I suddenly realised now that there’s hardly any trace of my baby there. Where has she gone? What I have instead is a three-year-old who loves anything pink, twirling in pink dresses and attending tea-parties. How did that happen?

Oh my goodness Dean, what wonderful photographs – just beautiful. T does look grown up but perhaps that’s because she’s at a adult tea party. You must have been so relieved no meltdowns occurred in front of anyone (POD was so bad at the end of gymnastics yesterday I got given a well done sticker LOL!). Such a lovely post, thank you for sharing #whatsthestory

Yes, thank goodness for that! Sorry to hear about PODs meltdown and congratulations for getting a well done sticker! 🙂 Wish we had gymnastic classes around here in North Cornwall. She would love that. x

Oh thank you so sweet of you! I will have to do mine too 😉
I must admit to being quite out of the loop though – I’ve seen a few posts floating about but don’t think i could do it myself so doubt i would have much chance! x

She looks gorgeous all dressed up for the tea party – I adore the first shot and the last two of her hiding and twirling. My kids still bring small toys with them but hey if it keeps them happy then we’re all smiling.

Oh my goodness, my heart is melting! I love that she had her little toys, but love even more that she was asking others for their strawberries! She did look so very grown-up – but what great pictures you took! Those are ones that you’ll look back for years to come! Now, I miss the days when Mr. T was that size. Now I must go and look through old photos of Mr. T and cry just a bit!

“Accept the children the way we accept trees—with gratitude, because they are a blessing—but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.” - Isabelle Allende